Alright! Here's how gym battles will work for now, one trainer will fight the gym per chapter! If it doesn't work so well here, I'll try to fit it all in one chapter. If it works this way, it'll be how the rest of the gym battles will work. Enjoy!
Our heroes were following Diego to the Celadon Gym, Ronan went with them. He wanted to watch the battles, though he already had 2 badges.
"So you've already beaten Erika?" Renée asked.
"That's correct! Not an easy battle either, Erika will certainly make ye' fight for your badge!" Ronan answered.
"Do you know what kind of pokemon she uses?" Jack asked curiously.
"Ah, she has a number of them, when I battled her she used a Gloom and a Tangela. Maybe that should give ye an idea!" Ronan explained.
"She can throw all she has at me! I'll take them all down, that badge is as good as mine!" Diego shouted. The group continued towards the Celadon Gym.
Erika was inside the gym, watering her garden, when she noticed a figure at the window, she instantly scowled when she saw it. Erika marched outside of her gym, past the rest of the gardeners.
"I've told you many times for YEARS now! Stop peeping into the gym and go away! Don't make me call Officer Jenny again!" Erika shouted, the old man peeping in the gym ran off as fast as she could, passing by the group as he ran. Erika smiled at the group when she saw Diego with them.
"Diego! It's nice to see you again, sorry about that little incident just now! That man has been peeping into the gym for who knows how long!" She explained.
"Ugh men!" Renée scoffed. Julia looked irritated as well.
"But aside from that, you've come to battle and a battle you shall have!" Erika announced, she then noticed Ronan with the group. "Ronan, I assume you've come to watch the battles?"
"That's right!" Ronan answered.
"Well then, please come inside!" Erika said with a smile, everyone entered the gym.
Ronan, Julia, Renée, and Jack stood by the sidelines as Erika and Diego were on the battlefield.
"Well Diego, I promised you that we would battle! So let's make this a good one!" Erika said, Diego nodded in agreement, a confident smirk on his face. "Then let's begin! Exeggcute, come out!" Erika sent out her pokemon, Julia looked confused about Exeggcute's appearance.
"Exeggcute?" She said, she checked her pokedex for more info.
'Exeggcute, the Egg pokemon; Even though they appear to be eggs of some sort, it was discovered that they appear to be a life - form more like plant seeds.'
"Weird..." Jack said.
"Let's go Zubat!" Diego exclaimed, he sent out his Zubat, it sparkled with light blue stars when it was sent out. Erika was in awe at this.
"You've captured a shiny pokemon! That's amazing, shiny pokemon are exceptionally rare!"
"Well Zubat is an awesome partner!" Diego announced, Zubat seemed incredibly happy at his statement.
"You may make the first move Diego!" Erika said.
"Alright, Zubat use Leech Life!" Diego commanded, Zubat charged for Exeggcute, it's fangs bared straight towards it. Both Exeggcute and Erika didn't look worried in any way, they stood their ground!
"Exeggcute... Barrage!" Erika ordered. One of Exeggcute's eggs launched itself towards Zubat, knocking it back! The other eggs did the same, causing some damage, thankfully Zubat shook it off and got ready to fight back. Diego however, did not order a counterattack, he just stood there... watching Exeggcute.
"What's he doing?" Renée asked impatiently.
"He's thinking of a strategy..." Jack said, he and the girls looked surprised. Diego usually went into battles head-on, trying to cause as much damage as fast as possible. It was not often that Diego would think of a strategy.
"Well I'm not surprised." Ronan said, the others turned to him. "Exeggcute can be a tricky one, I haven't battled one, but I've seen trainers use a few. They like to play with status ailments and put up Reflects and Light Screens!
'So I can't attack it head on, I have to find some way to distract it!' Diego thought to himself. Diego was about to make his next move, but they all failed to notice that Erika had fallen asleep! Everyone was baffled at this, except for Exeggcute, who just looked annoyed. It then used it's Uproar attack to wake her up.
"Oh, it appears I have dozed off again!" Erika said. "I really must learn to stay awake during important battles! I believe it was your move Diego."
"Y-yeah..." Diego said, he and the others were really confused. But Diego still made his move. "Zubat, use Supersonic!" Zubat sent out multiple sound waved towards Exeggcute, these sound waves were loud enough to disrupt the gardeners!
"Argh! What is that?!" One screamed.
"I can't hear anything!" Another yelled. Zubat stopped it's attack, Erika was about to call for an counterattack, but the Supersonic caused Exeggcute to become confused, the eggs began to squabble amongst themselves. This gave Diego the opportunity he needed.
"Now, Leech Life!" Zubat flew towards Exeggcute again, this time however, Exeggcute couldn't attack. Zubat bit into the egg in the center, draining it's energy. Due to Exeggcute's psychic powers, all of the eggs took damage!
"Finish it with Wing Attack!" With one final charge with its wings spread out, Zubat knocked out Exeggcute!
"Not bad! Exeggcute can be a very versatile pokemon, but you took it down with relative ease. However, this next pokemon is no pushover!" Erika said, recalling her Exeggcute back into its pokeball. "Now let's see you try to beat..." Erika sent out her next pokemon.
"Weepinbell!"
"Weepinbell... Alright then, time to heat things up!" Diego recalled his Zubat, and sent out his Charmeleon.
"You seem to clearly understand type advantages! However that doesn't mean your victory is assured!" Erika exclaimed. "Weepinbell, use Leaf Tornado!" Weepinbell sent out a whirlwind of razor sharp leaves towards Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, use Ember!" Diego ordered, Charmeleon shot a fireball towards the tornado, it burned a few of the leaves, but the fire was quickly put out from the wind generated by the tornado. Charmeleon ended up getting caught in the tornado and flung around until the tornado stopped. Charmeleon was left in a bit of a daze.
"Weepinbell, use Stun Spore!"
"Charmeleon, Dragon Rage!"
Weepinbell sent out a wave of yellow spores towards Charmeleon, however the flames of the Dragon Rage burned these spores into ash. The attack connected with Weepinbell causing some serious damage.
"Quickly Weepinbell, use Razor Leaf!" Erika ordered, Weepinbell shot out leaves at a breakneck speed, Diego and Charmeleon stood, unfazed by the attack.
"Charmeleon, give em' one more Ember!" Charmeleon launched a rather large fireball towards the leaves burning them and damaging Weepinbell.
"This isn't good!" Erika said to herself. "Weepinbell, use Leaf Tornado!" Weepinbell sent out another tornado of leaves at Charmeleon, Diego had no idea how to counteract that attack. The tornado drew Charmeleon in, it was then that Diego had an idea!
"Charmeleon, move with the tornado and attack Weepinbell with Fire Fang!" Diego commanded.
Charmeleon took control of the tornado and gained enough speed to jump out of it, it fell straight towards Weepinbell, it's teeth were a bright red and bared right for Weepinbell. The ensuing impact was enough to make Weepinbell faint, securing the win for Diego!
Erika and the girls were stunned at the turn of events, Jack was very impressed at how his best friend took control of the battle, and Ronan clearly enjoyed the show.
"That was amazing!" Julia said in awe.
"How did..." Renée responded, still stunned.
"That was a Grade A battle!" Ronan cheered.
"What can I say, you took us all by surprise!" Jack said, applauding his friend.
"Diego, I'm very impressed with how you took control of the battle! And I am pleased to give you the Rainbow Badge!" Erika said, happily handing Diego his badge. "So... which of you will I battle next?"
The others looked at each other, they still needed to decide who would be next...
Well that's one battle down and 3 to go! Also I know Weepinbell cannot normally use Leaf Tornado, this story will change the move sets of pokemon quite a bit, and this won't be the strangest thing in this story. More to come soon!
